Greg Bordes - Baseball Coach - Grand Canyon University Athletics

Greg Bordes

Title:
Director of Baseball Operations
Email:
gregory.bordes@gcu.edu
Phone:
602-639-8374
Alma Mater:
Arizona State
Year at GCU:
2nd

Greg Bordes enters his second season with the Grand Canyon baseball program in 2018. After serving as the volunteer assistant in his inaugural season in 2017, Bordes transitions to the newly-created director of baseball operations role in 2018. In his role, Bordes oversees all of the day-to-day operations of the program including travel, scheduling, budgeting, camps and more.

In his first season with the club, Bordes helped lead the Lopes to the 2017 Western Athletic Conference regular season championship. GCU posted a 20-4 record, the best conference record the WAC has seen since 2003.

Bordes has previous coaching experience at Saint Mary’s, Central Arizona Community College and Arizona State. His playing career included time with the Sun Devils as well as a professional baseball stint in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization.

Prior to GCU, Bordes was at Saint Mary’s College in Moraga, Calif. He was a member of a staff that won the West Coast Conference championship and advanced to the NCAA Tournament. The Gaels participated in the Raleigh regional hosted by NC State. Saint Mary’s had a run-in with eventual national champion, Coastal Carolina, and lost to the Chanticleers 5-2. In 2016, the Gaels went 5-2 against current WAC schools, including a loss to Grand Canyon.

Bordes is no stranger to coaching collegiate baseball in Arizona, as, prior to his season at Saint Mary’s, he was at Central Arizona Community College in Coolidge, Ariz. Under his guidance, the Vaqueros posted a 37-19 overall record.

At his alma mater, Arizona State, Bordes was a volunteer assistant for the Sun Devils in 2013 and 2014. ASU went 71-46-1 in his two seasons with the program.

As a coach, Bordes has shown an ability to work well with catchers. In 2013 he helped Arizona State catcher Max Rossiter earn All-Pac-12 honors and fellow catcher RJ Ybarra earn freshman All-America status. In 2014, Bordes helped guide freshman Brian Serven as he became the third freshman in the past 20 years to start the majority of the season at catcher as well as catching more runners stealing than any Sun Devil backstop since 2010.

Bordes spent four seasons as an infielder at Arizona State from 2005-2008. During his four-year career, he was a part of a Sun Devils squad that had one of its best stretches in program history. Arizona State reached the College World Series in 2005 and 2007 and claimed Pac-10 championships in 2007 and 2008.

During his time in Tempe, Bordes played in 72 games from 2005-08, including 44 in his junior season in 2008. He started 21 games that season and batted .304 with 21 RBI en route to being named to the All-Tempe Regional team. He started all three games at shortstop that series and collected five RBIs and scored three runs.

After redshirting in 2006, Bordes appeared in 16 games in 2007. He played in 12 games and made two starts as a freshman in 2005. He made a diving stop against Ohio State (3/6) that saved two runs and helped lead ASU to a 3-0 victory.

He played summer baseball for the Rochester Honkers in the Northwoods League.

At the conclusion of his career at Arizona State, Bordes was signed by the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2008. He played two seasons in the organization, spending time with both the Yakima Bears of the Northwest League (Single-A Short-Season) and the Mobile BayBears (Double-A). Bordes tallied 35 professional base hits and 16 RBIs.

He is a 2004 graduate of Dobson High School in Mesa, Ariz., where he earned three varsity letters under head coaches Bob Hershey (2002) and Dave Tykoski (2003-2004). He was captain of his team junior and senior year and played summer baseball for the Swampdogs (2002-2003) and the Reds (2004). He helped Dobson to the 2002 East Valley Regional Title and was named honorable mention East Valley Region after hitting .330 with 25 walks as a sophomore. He hit .390 as a junior and was named first team all region and hit 3.40 with 14 SB and three home runs as a senior. He was ranked as the No. 16 high school prospect in Arizona by Perfect Game/ Baseball America and earned All-Around Senior Award for academics.

Bordes also has an impressive family background in the game of baseball. His father, Charlie, played professionally with the Texas Rangers, reaching as high as the Triple-A level. Charlie also played in college at Southwestern Louisiana (currently Louisiana Lafayette) and was voted into the school’s athletic hall of fame in 1998 with former major league pitcher Ron Guidry. His grandfather, Bill Cutler, is a former president of the Triple-A Pacific Coast League, while an uncle, Jack Heidemann, played six years of professional baseball with the Brewers and Indians. His brother, Brett, is a former Sun Devils pitcher who spent time in the Baltimore Orioles farm system. Brett holds the school record for most career appearances with 109.